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Income Tax

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyTreasuryTabled Answered 8 December 2025UIN 96089

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, approximately how many people have become tax payers since the £12,570 personal allowance was frozen in 2022.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson

The number of people forecast to pay tax by marginal rate can be found in Table 3.19 in the OBR’s November 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook – detailed forecast tables: receipts, linked below:

https://obr.uk/download/november-2025-economic-and-fiscal-outlook-detailed-forecast-tables-receipts/?tmstv=1764165511

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